Appraisals on the safety for use of agricultural chemicals, such as pesticides and chemical fertilizers, shall be examined and approved by the administrative department of public health under the State Council.

The balance between the credibility and accuracy of the information yielded and potential proliferation and national security risks is a central issue for evaluation.

The possibility of gradually adopting open standard platforms in place of proprietary software for the information and communication technology services of the Organization will be assessed, with a view to evaluating the benefits, in terms of improved security and reliability and reduced licence fees, as well as the costs of such an approach.

The two main features of the in depth evaluation exercise in UNCTAD were the independence of the external evaluation team, which had complete freedom on the substantive content of the evaluation and its recommendations, and the participatory approach, whereby in addition to a professional evaluator, two evaluators, one from a beneficiary and one from a donor country, participated in their personal capacity.

Additionally, the Communications Security Establishment is the information technology security technical authority responsible for developing operational standards for system certification and accreditation, risk and vulnerability analysis, product evaluation, system security and network security analysis.

The third evaluation covered the joint external evaluation of the Community Participation Programmes promoting Safe Water and Sanitation (Nam Saat) in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Emphasis has been on thematic evaluations, which will continue to be conducted, while stakeholders also recognize the value of closer participation by the Unit in project evaluations.

Monitoring, evaluation and the systematic assessment of performance

Qualify national institutions to conduct testing and evaluation of the security level of information systems

In the second phase, an independent external evaluation of the Office, which will be commissioned by November 2005, will be conducted under terms of reference that will ensure that the results can be incorporated into the comprehensive review of the governance arrangements.

To strengthen the objectivity and credibility of the evaluative evidence provided to senior decision makers and programme managers, it is important to differentiate more clearly the monitoring and the evaluation functions, and with regard to evaluation, to emphasize the importance for both a strong self evaluation function and a strong independent, external evaluation function.

These include guidelines on organizing participatory self evaluations and on managing evaluations.

We agree fully with the Secretary General's assessment that there is a need for a new international consensus on the future of collective security.

Global programmes and urban governance issues were well covered, while secure tenure activities were not.

In his introductory remarks, the Director of the Evaluation Office stressed that the uniqueness and strength of evaluation in UNICEF was its decentralized system, and that mid term reviews (MTRs) and major evaluations reflected regional realities and diversities.

36. Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary General to strengthen the system of evaluation and monitoring that underlines the importance of assessing programme impacts

Evaluation of the effectiveness of leniency programmes

The purpose of the ISPS Code is to provide a standardized, consistent framework for evaluating security risks, enabling SOLAS Contracting Governments to offset, through appropriate security instructions, changes in security threats with changes in vulnerability for ships and port facilities.

Comprehensive review of governance arrangements, including an independent external evaluation of the auditing and oversight system

Country level evaluation and research activities will also be examined during evaluations of global priorities.

In addition, the Aviation Security Panel has developed a MANPADS Information and Assessment Tool Kit, which is an international instrument that provides step by step instructions to be used by States to conduct self assessment of vulnerable points at airports.

Joint evaluations with partners and independent external consultants will be employed to ensure the objectivity of major evaluations.

During the first semester of 2005, UNHCR published the following evaluation tools (i) How to manage evaluations Seven steps and (ii) Organizing participatory self evaluations at UNHCR Guidelines.

In the NATO arena you will see the term S3 as defined in the Allied Ordnance Publication 15 Guidance on the assessment of the safety and Suitability for Service of Non Nuclear Munitions for NATO Armed Forces.

WILPF does not support the Explanation of Position that the United States (US) government has put forward at the regional meetings in preparation for the Review and Appraisal of the BPFA or any national legislative action that undermines human security, including women's economic security and sexual autonomy.

A fit gap analysis is envisaged to assess the flexibility of the Atlas budgeting module to accommodate budgeting for results.

The board of directors of the listed company shall give explicit opinions regarding the independence of the evaluation organ, the rationality of the evaluation assumptions, the correlation between the evaluation methods and the evaluation purpose, and the fairness of the evaluated price.

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The results of evaluation or assessment may be promulgated to the general public in a proper way.

Article 49 The Company shall make self evaluation on the integrity, reasonability and effectiveness of its internal control system, and present brief introduction to the auditing opinions of certified public accountants on its internal control system, the explanation thereon given by the Company and corresponding measures for improvement as well as information about the rectification of problems presented in the last self evaluation or internal control evaluation report.

The board of directors of the listed company shall give independent opinions regarding the independence of the evaluation organ, the rationality of the evaluation assumptions and the fairness of the evaluated price.

As a troop contributing country, Nepal held that arrangements should be made for such countries to assess the security situation of the host country before the deploying forces.

The new global Evaluation Committee adopted a plan of action to strengthen the evaluation function throughout UNICEF.

(b) Submit an independent external evaluation of the auditing and oversight system of the United Nations, including the specialized agencies, and the roles and responsibilities of management, with due regard to the nature of the auditing and oversight bodies in question the evaluation would take place within the context of the comprehensive review of governance arrangements (para. 164 (b))

In this context, Poland assesses positively the report of the High level Panel, A more secure world our shared responsibility .

The Evaluation Office commissioned a comprehensive evaluation of the role of UNICEF in the United Nations reform process helped in the finalization of guidelines for the evaluation of UNDAFs supported the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in the conduct of United Nations wide evaluations in the context of the triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development and chaired a United Nations task group on joint standards for evaluation.

The social evaluative judgments increase, the fear of those social evaluative judgments.

Evaluation of gender mainstreaming in UNDP

Moreover, products entering global markets have to be tested against international standards and conformity assessment requirements.

No significant change in the overall security situation is assessed, although a slow and steady rise in criminal related incidents is projected.

In order to update the practice of self evaluation within the context of results based management, a distinction was highlighted between (a) mandatory self assessment, which covers self evaluation in the context of the programme performance report, and (b) discretionary self evaluation, which allows programme managers to choose topics for internal assessment which will meet their internal evaluation needs.

The assessment of safety involves an appraisal of the inherent freedom from explosive hazard of the item's design, an evaluation of the risk attendant on deploying the item in prescribed environments throughout its anticipated service life and the consideration of the acceptability of this risk in meeting the operational requirement.

The new Under Secretary General for Safety and Security should be given an opportunity to reassess the feasibility of the current proposals.

The Agency's radiation safety infrastructure appraisal mechanism was expanded in 2004 to encompass nuclear security aspects.

It provides the scientific community with the data and information necessary to evaluate the variability of the global environment, distinguish between natural and human induced change, and perform integrated assessments of changes in climate and their societal impacts.